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Open-air vendors continue protests outside government building
Open-air vendors continue protesting the municipality's clampdown on street trade. Today continued their protest action outside the government building where the protesters were met by scores of police officers.
"We do not want anything from the officials. We only ask the new mayor to open new working places instead of leaving hundreds of desperate vendors jobless," said a protester.
The vendors state that they have not traded for days and will not move to a new market, as they cannot afford to pay additional taxes.
A month after assuming Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan made a decision to clear the streets and territories adjacent to markets from individual traders.
